33-3-204. Initial qualifications -- domestic mutuals. - Montana Statutes

     33-3-204. Initial qualifications -- domestic mutuals. (1) When newly organized, a domestic mutual insurer may be authorized to transact any of the kinds of insurance as are permitted under 33-2-108.
     (2) When applying for an original certificate of authority, the insurer must be otherwise qualified therefor under this code and must have unimpaired surplus funds in an amount not less than the amount of paid-in capital stock required of a domestic stock insurer transacting like kinds of insurance as in 33-2-109, subject further to the additional special surplus requirements of 33-2-110 applicable to such stock insurer. The minimum amount of surplus must thereafter be maintained unimpaired and placed on deposit with the commissioner. The deposit is subject to the provisions of chapter 2, part 6, of this title and 33-2-111.

     History: En. Sec. 425, Ch. 286, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 40-4708; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 303, L. 1981.